out of one's system

prepositional phrase

Eliminated from one's disposition, mindset, or concerns.

“Regular exercise might help you to get the anger out of your system.”

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Meanings

prepositional phrase
  1. oftenEliminated from one's disposition, mindset, or concerns.

    Regular exercise might help you to get the anger out of your system.

    1 more example

    I feel like you sow your oats when you're young, and then you just, you know, you get it out of your system.

    2022 November 27, Mike White, “That's Amore”, in Mike White, director, The White Lotus, season 2, episode 5, spoken by Daphne Sullivan (Meghann Fahy), via HBO
  2. literallyPhysically eliminated from the body.
Cite this entry
APA

out of one's system. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/out%20of%20one's%20system

MLA

“out of one's system.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/out%20of%20one's%20system. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “out of one's system,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/out%20of%20one's%20system.

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